cultivation of indigo plants

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If used as ground cover crops, Indigofera arrecta can only be planted in the garden with little shade or no shade. This species enjoys a hot and humid climate with rainfall of not less than 1,750 mm / year. This plant is able to withstand two weeks of rejuvenation, Indigofera tinctoria is not tolerant of high rainfall and inundation.

In a state naturally grown or billion, the types of tarum are found in exposed places with full sun, such as abandoned land, roadside, river banks, and grasslands, sometimes up to 2,000 meters above sea level.

In general, indigenous people commonly indigo in the moor land, or in rice fields, rice fields cultivated as crops after harvest rice.

The development of indigofera plant culture is by seed, except Indigofera suffruticosa which can be cultured by cuttings. To prevent damage by insects, seeds can be treated with kitchen ash before sowing. Indigofera arrecta seeds have a hard skin and need to be filed. Also can be propagated by indigo cuttings used are the best branches of growth, especially on land that has produced / production. Cutting needs to be done with a sharp knife and to avoid bruising / tear, then at the time of cutting into plant material / cuttings that length + 30 cm. Materials to be cut by hand, cuttings are not immediately planted but tied left for 1 to 3 days of shade / cold with the tip of the cuttings placed above. After the dry cutting surface then the cuttings can be planted in the field.

After the land / field one or several times hijacked or digangkuli, then planted indigo cuttings with a distance between 60 cm and 60-90 cm in line, for others indigo 45 - 60 cm.Untuk drain rain water at each distance of 360 cm made channel drainage for drainage. If planting with seeds can be directly planted in the field, each hole filled 3 or 4 grains, another way to make the nursery first. Germination in the nursery takes 4 days. If seedlings are used, the seedlings can be transferred to plantings at 4-6 weeks. While planting in the field with cuttings as much as 2 - 3 cuttings per hole. After 2 weeks then began to look the shoots out of cuttings.

After the plant is 1 month old and looks fresh green it can be done embroidery and weeding, at the same time the rows are paved. One month later the weeding is done 2 times and the land at that time is made loose and the rows are split again so that there is a higher bund. At the end of the age of 4 months or the beginning of 5 months after the plant closes the ground, it is time to cut it. In general, this time falls together with a lot of flowering. As a cover crop the stems are cut at regular intervals.